Background
Vernberg, Frank John was born on November 6, 1925 in Fenton, Michigan, United States. Son of Sigurd A. and Edna (Anderson) Vernberg.
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Frank John Vernberg
Edit ProfileMarine and biological sciences educator
Education
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1949; Master of Arts, DePauw University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1951.
Career
Professor zoology, Duke Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, 1951-1969;
Belle W. Baruch professor marine ecology, director, Belle W. Baruch Marine Biology and Coastal Research Institute, Columbia, 1969-1996;
interim dean College Science and Mathematics, Belle W. Baruch Coastal Research Institute, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1993-1994;
dean School of Environment, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1995-1996;
distinguished professor emeritus, University of Southern California, Columbia, since 1996. Visiting professor U. College West Indies, Jamaica, 1957-1958, U. Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1965. Program director experimental analytical biogeography of sea International Biological Program, 1967-1969.
Member committee manned orbital research laboratory American Institute Biological Sciences-National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966-1968. President Estuarine Research Federation, 1975-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoologists (secretary-treasurer division comparative physiologists 1959-1961, secretary-treasurer education committee 1960-1962, member county 1965-1967,president 1982), Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (president 1974-1976), Southern Association Marine laboratories (president 1993), Estuarine Research Federation (president 1975-1977), South Carolina. Wildlife Federation (Conservationist of Year 1983).
Connections
Married Winona M. Bortz, September 7, 1945. Children— Marcia Lynn, Eric Morrison, Amy Louise.
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Nationality
American